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Leslie Phillips

1924 - 2022

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Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding dong" and "Hello" catchphrases. He appeared in the Carry On and Doctor in the House film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy series The Navy Lark. On the stage, Phillips was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Phillips is the 3,316th most popular actor (down from 2,758th in 2019), the 3,014th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,424th in 2019) and the 414th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Leslie Phillips ranks 3,316 out of 13,578. Before him are Claudio Brook, Dick Miller, Denis O'Hare, Soledad Miranda, Janet Hubert, and Chieko Baisho. After him are Diana Hyland, Peter Carsten, Adam Cheng, Manuel Ojeda, Carol Potter, and Ana Belén.

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Among people born in 1924, Leslie Phillips ranks 271. Before him are Gloria Vanderbilt, Basil Bernstein, A. B. Bardhan, Marcel Domingo, František Vláčil, and Navvab Safavi. After him are Russell M. Nelson, Azucena Villaflor, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Max van der Stoel, Friederike Mayröcker, and Kenneth Noland. Among people deceased in 2022, Leslie Phillips ranks 275. Before him are David Johnson, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Akira Takarada, Alexandra Zabelina, Manny Charlton, and Ivan Dziuba. After him are Manuel Ojeda, Karl Vaino, Mišo Cebalo, Christopher Alexander, Hilary Mantel, and Vittorio Adorni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leslie Phillips ranks 3,015 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Martin Peters (1943), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Paul Greengrass (1955), and Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892). After him are Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Eddie Gray (1948), James Galway (1939), Gareth Edwards (1975), James Guillaume (1844), and Paul Day (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Leslie Phillips ranks 414. Before him are Tim McInnerny (1956), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Ellen Terry (1847), Anthony Dawson (1916), Naveen Andrews (1969), and Minnie Driver (1970). After him are Amanda Tapping (1965), Ian Hart (1964), Tom Ellis (1978), Hayley Mills (1946), Christopher Eccleston (1964), and Charles Gray (1928).

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